the antigerminative activity of twenty-seven monoterpenes27单萜的antigerminative活动.pdf

Molecules 2010, 15, 6630-6637; doi:10.3390/molecule OPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Article The Antigerminative Activity of Twenty-Seven Monoterpenes Laura De Martino 1, Emilia Mancini 1, Luiz Fernando Rolim de Almeida 2 and Vincenzo De Feo 1,* 1 Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno, via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy; E-Mails: ldemartino@unisa.it (L.D.M.); emancini@unisa.it (E.M) 2 Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, UNESP - Campu de Botucatu Distrito de Rubião Júnior, S/N, 18.618-000, Botucatu-SP, Brazil; E-Mail: rolimdealmeidalf@.br (L.F.R.A.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: defeo@unisa.it; Tel.: + 39-089-969-751; Fax: + 39-089-969-602. Received: 10 August 2010; in revised form: 17 September 2010 / Accepted: 19 September 2010 / Published: 21 September 2010 Abstract: Monoterpenes, the main constituents of essential oils, are known for their many biological activities. The present work studied the potential biological activity of twenty- seven monoterpenes, including monoterpene hydrocarbons and oxygenated ones, against seed germination and subsequent primary radicle growth of Raphanus sativus L. (radish) and Lepidium sativum L. (garden cress), under laboratory conditions. The compounds, belonging to different chemical classes, showed different potency in affecting both parameters evaluated. The assa